Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has stressed the 'ease of understanding law' as a cornerstone for enhancing justice, living, and business processes during a recent conference on Judicial Process Re-engineering and Digital Transformation in New Dew Delhi.
The Union minister on Saturday said “ease of understanding law” is essential for ease of justice, ease of living and ease of doing justice. He emphasized the crucial role of 'ease of understanding law' for improving justice delivery and living conditions. At the conference he discussed the importance of clear legal documents and timely fund usage in digitizing the judicial system, highlighting the ongoing E-Courts project advancements.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant who also attended the event, which focused on the need for citizens to comprehend laws, legal documents, and court orders to implement justice effectively. Meghwal emphasized that clarity in these areas is key to achieving smoother law implementation.The minister also addressed the timely utilization of allocated funds for judicial projects, particularly emphasizing the Indian e-Courts system. Despite challenges, Phase III of the e-Courts initiative aims to transform courts into digital, online, and paperless entities, continuing the success of previous project phases.
At the ‘Judicial Process Re-engineering and Digital Transformation’ conference here, the minister also highlighted the need for timely usage of funds allocated for various projects, including the digitisation of the judicial ecosystem.People should be able to understand law, legal documents and court orders to achieve the three principles of ease of living, ease of doing business and ease of justice, Meghwal told the gathering.Clarity in laws, legal documents and court judgements will lead to their smoother implementation, he said.
The minister underlined the need for timely usage of funds allocated for various projects, including the digitisation of the judicial ecosystem.Meghwal said the Indian e-Courts system could be “slow” in making progress, but it should not demotivate stakeholders. It is being fast-tracked, he asserted.
Phase III of the ambitious e-Courts project, which seeks to digitise court documents and upgrade the digitisation of lower judiciary, is under implementation.Taking the gains of Phase-I and Phase-II to the next level, e-Courts Phase-III aims to usher in a regime of maximum ease of justice by moving towards digital, online and paperless courts through digitisation of the entire court records.